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The Captain of the Infantry
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1587
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.5 x 19.5 cm (11 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 126; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol VIII) 254; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 287 (I/I)
State
I/I
DescriptionContinues the sequence of warriors begun in about 1582. According to an annotation on one of the impressions, the Captain is Jacob Ruyckhaver of Haarlem. (Bartsch, vol. 3, p. 114)
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower center, within engraved border: A°1587. HGoltzius fecit.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); recto, lower right: collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7235 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: Præuius infractos reddo Dux Martis alumnos,/Spernere dum doceo cuncta pericla, meo.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)